150 apartments are evacuated

11:51 PM,
Jan. 10, 2014

Written by

James O?Rourke

More than 150 residential apartments were evacuated Friday night after a "serious" gas leak was reported on Garth Road near the Scarsdale/Eastchester border.

Authorities said the leak was first reported at 32 Garth Road in the Scarsdale section of the street about 7:45 p.m. Responders soon realized the gas had spread to nearby buildings and called for the evacuations.

"What often is the case is that the gas that's leaking through the street is also leaking into sanitary sewer lines and underground conduits," Eastchester Fire Chief Michael Grogan said. "The gas gets into these passage ways ...